English idioms

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llllS'O ENGLISH IDIOMS ^ ** a complete study course by Ronald Lister "Wise up to English idioms, get their drift via this book instead of not having the foggiest about them This definitive book on one of the most difficult aspects of English for EFL students contains somé 3,700 expressions arranged into 30 work modules with a short exercise section in each. As suitable for the self-tuition student as it is for class work, ENGLISH IDIOMS has been written for universal use and is ideál for teaching in a non-English environment where the majority of students may never have visited an English-speaking country. Nowadays, the importance of colloquialisms is universally recognized. They are spoken (and written) in most spheres of humán activity - in industry, the office or the home. Mass tourism and improved methods of communication have made a knowledge of English idioms indispensable to all those who deal with an English-speaking public on a cultural or professional level. Gone are the... Tovább

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llllS'O ENGLISH IDIOMS ^ ** a complete study course by Ronald Lister "Wise up to English idioms, get their drift via this book instead of not having the foggiest about them This definitive book on one of the most difficult aspects of English for EFL students contains somé 3,700 expressions arranged into 30 work modules with a short exercise section in each. As suitable for the self-tuition student as it is for class work, ENGLISH IDIOMS has been written for universal use and is ideál for teaching in a non-English environment where the majority of students may never have visited an English-speaking country. Nowadays, the importance of colloquialisms is universally recognized. They are spoken (and written) in most spheres of humán activity - in industry, the office or the home. Mass tourism and improved methods of communication have made a knowledge of English idioms indispensable to all those who deal with an English-speaking public on a cultural or professional level. Gone are the times when a native English speaker took care to limit his use of 'difficult' phrases in talking to someone who had only an intermediate grasp of the language. Any such phrases might have been immediately explained, but the chances are that today's speaker would be hard pushed to put his finger on a precise definition, off the top ofhis head. If you're as unsure about the meaning of these italicized idioms as you are of the sentence at the top of the page, then you should read this book! Whether you've a teacher to help you or whether f you're working alone, after studying one modulé per week you should have a thorough grasp of English colloquialisms - knowing which ones are vulgar and to be avoided, and which ones are more common in America. Vissza